Department of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
Transl Behav Med. 2022 Dec 30;12(12):1124-1132. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibac056.
Assessing public support of health policies designed to reduce cancer risk is important for policy implementation. This study aimed to identify support for cancer prevention policies and factors associated with support. Data were obtained from the Health Information National Trends Survey. Support for three types of cancer prevention policies were evaluated: tobacco, alcohol, and junk food regulations. Linear and logistic regression analyses were employed to assess the relationship between support for the different types of policies and sociodemographic, lifestyle behaviors, and cancer beliefs. Certain policies, such as providing warning labels on cigarettes (69.9% support) and requiring specific health warnings on alcohol containers (65.1% support), were popular. Banning outdoor advertising of alcohol was not popular (34.4% support). There were individual differences associated with policy support. For example, respondents who were 75 years or older (B = 0.61, p < .001) or female (B = 0.14, p < .008) were more likely to support tobacco polices compared to their counterparts (i.e., younger or male). Respondents who identified as politically conservative (B = -0.20, p < .004) or those who endorsed high cancer fatalistic beliefs (e.g., there's not much you can do to lower your chances of getting cancer, B = -0.07, p < .012) were less likely to support alcohol policies compared to those who were liberal or had lower cancer fatalistic beliefs. Generally, support was high for most policy questions. However, support varied by different individual factors. The findings also highlight that there may be opportunities to increase understanding and awareness about cancer prevention policies, especially among some segments of the population.
评估旨在降低癌症风险的卫生政策的公众支持对于政策实施非常重要。本研究旨在确定对癌症预防政策的支持以及与支持相关的因素。数据来自国家健康信息趋势调查。评估了三种类型的癌症预防政策的支持情况：烟草、酒精和垃圾食品法规。线性和逻辑回归分析用于评估对不同类型政策的支持与社会人口统计学、生活方式行为和癌症信念之间的关系。某些政策，如在香烟上提供警告标签（69.9%的支持）和在酒精容器上要求特定健康警告（65.1%的支持），很受欢迎。禁止户外酒精广告的支持率并不高（34.4%）。政策支持存在个体差异。例如，75 岁或以上的受访者（B=0.61，p<0.001）或女性（B=0.14，p<0.008）比同龄人更支持烟草政策。政治上保守的受访者（B=-0.20，p<0.004）或支持高癌症宿命论信念的受访者（例如，降低患癌症的机会的方法不多，B=-0.07，p<0.012）比自由派或癌症宿命论信念较低的受访者更不可能支持酒精政策。总的来说，大多数政策问题的支持率都很高。然而，支持程度因不同的个人因素而异。研究结果还表明，特别是在某些人群中，可能有机会增加对癌症预防政策的理解和认识。
